Genesis1. (n.) Beginning; creation; formation; origination; as, the genesis of an idea.
2. (n.) The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
3. (n.) Same as Generation.
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